| Regimental
HQ |
At Malinta
Tunnel, Lateral 9 (AA Defence Command HQ) |
| Regimental
C.O. |
Col.
Theodore M. Chase (concurrent C.O. AA Defence Command) |
| Regimental
X.O. |
LCol.
Elvin L. Barr |
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| HQ & HQ
Battery: |
At Malinta
Tunnel, Lateral 9 |
| C.O.: |
Capt.
Arthur D. Waid |
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Regimental Band: |
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| C.O. |
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1st BATTALION |
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AA gun and early warning battalion
comprising Batteries A, B, C and D. |
| C.O.: |
(1) LCol.
Arnold D. Amoroso |
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(2) Maj.
Leslie G. Ross |
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| HQ
Battery: |
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| C.O.: |
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| Battery
A ("Albany"): |
Searchlight and radar Battert, with CP located at west Defence Station on
Morrison Hill. One section each assigned AA SL defenses at Forts Hughes and
Drim. |
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Armament: |
9 - 60"
mobile searchlights |
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9 - Sound
locators |
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4 -
SCR-268 Radar sets, only two operational; one behind Battery Wheeler, the
second near the civilian cemetery. |
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| Battery
B ("Boston"): |
Gun
battery at Topside Gun Park near Battery Wheeler. |
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Armament: |
4 - 3" M3
guns |
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2 - .50
cal. AA MG. |
| C.O.:
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Capt.
Arthur E. Huff |
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| Battery
C ("Chicago"): |
Gun
Battery at Morrison Hill, behind Battery Morrison. |
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Armament: |
4 - 3" M3
guns |
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1 - .50
cal. AA MG |
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4 - .30
cal. AA MG, plus: |
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4 - .50
cal. AA MG manned by a platoon from Btry Indiana. |
| C.O.: |
Capt.
Godfrey R. Ames |
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| Battery
D ("Denver"): |
Gun
battery at top of Wilson Park Ridge, a.k.a. "Denver Hill". |
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Armament: |
4 - 3" M3
guns |
| C.O.: |
(1) Capt.
Benson Guyton, until reassigned X.O. 1st Bn 1 May, 1942.
(2) Capt. Paul R. Cornwall, from 1 May,
1942. |
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2nd BATTALION |
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AA gun and early warning battalion
comprising Batteries E, F, G and H. This Bn., less Btry H was initially
ordered to Mariveles, Bataan 2 December, 1941. Battery C-91st ("Cebu") was
attached after 25 December, 1941 until 9 April, 1942 when the battalion and
C-91 was ordered to return to Ft. Mills. |
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| C.O.: |
LCol.
Howard E. C. Breitung |
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| Battery
E ("Erie"): |
Searchlight and Radar battery, initially assigned to Bataan; manned 12-inch
mortars of Battery Way on return to Ft. Mills, 9 April, 1942, less one
section assigned to man 30 - inch "roving" seacoast searchlights. |
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Armament: |
(In
Bataan) 10 - 60" mobile searchlights |
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1 - SCR-268 Radar Set |
| C.O.:
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Major
William Massello |
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| Battery
F ("Flint") |
Gun
battery at Topside, in front of Battery Cheney. |
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Armament: |
3 - 3" M3
guns (originally 4 guns until one gun was transferred to Btry Globe. |
| C.O.: |
Maj.
Robert D. Glassburn |
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| Battery
G ("Globe") |
One
battery at Topside Golf Course |
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Armament: |
3 - 3" M3
guns, including one from Flint (original armament was abandoned in Bataan). |
| C.O.: |
Capt.
AAron A. Abston |
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| Battery
H ("Hartford") |
Gun
battery at Middleside, in front of Battery Ramsay. |
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Armament: |
4 - 3" M3
guns |
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4 - .30
cal. AA MG |
| C.O.: |
Capt.
Warren A. Starr |
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3d BATTALION |
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AA machinegun battalion comprising
Batteries I, K, L and M. Hq at Morrison Hill, later transferred to Ramsay
Ravine. |
| C.O.: |
Maj.
George H. Crawford |
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| HQ
Battery: |
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| C.O. |
Capt.
Harold W. Wright |
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| Battery
I ("Indiana"): |
CP at Way
Hill |
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Armament: |
12 - .50
cal. MG, plus |
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6 -
.50 cal. MG manned by a platoon from the 4th Marines. |
| C.O.: |
Capt. Earl
M. Shiley |
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| Battery
K ("Kingston"): |
CP
location not yet known |
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Armament: |
12 - .50
cal. MG |
| C.O.: |
Capt.
Theodore R. Esatow |
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| Battery
L ("Lansing"): |
CP at
Geary Point destroyed by bomb on 2 January, 1942, reestablished at
Breakwater Point. |
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Armament: |
12 - .50
cal. MG |
| C.O.: |
(1) Capt.
Alvah H. Hamilton (KIA 2 January, 1942). |
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(2) Capt.
Kenneth L. Boggs |
| Battery
M ("Mobile") |
Initially
assigned 8 December 1941 to provide AA MG defenses in Manila Port Area,
until 26 December when ordered back to Ft. Mills. CP south of Kindley Field.
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Armament: |
12 - .50
cal. MG, plus |
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1 - Navy
Quad 1.1" (25mm) automatic cannon atop Malinta Hill, under 1Lt. Stanley L.
Friedline |
| C.O.:
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Capt.
James R. Holmes |
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ADDITIONAL UNITS |
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During air raids the following AA
batteries in the outpost forts were under the tactical command of the AA
Defense Command: |
| Fort
Hughes: |
Battery
Idaho (I-59) |
| Fort
Drum |
Battery
Exeter (E-59) |
| Fort
Frank: |
Battery
Ermita (E-91) |
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| NOTES:
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All gun
batteries were equipped with .50 and .30 caliber AA machineguns plus
additional MG's and personnel were assigned from the AA MG batteries.
However with the exception of Battery Chicago the exact number per battery
could not be determined from sources available at this time. |
